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Almost two centuries after his death, the architect’s work continues to inspire both classic and contemporary designers. At a ...

Games of Snakes and Ladder punctuated most of our childhoods, but how many of us know about its Ancient Indian origins and ...

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It's 130 years since Octavia Hill, Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley and Sir Robert Hunter coming together to form the National Trust. From relatively humble beginnings — the first property, Alfriston Clergy ...

Utilitarian outwear has taken the fashion world by storm and now Britain's world-famous wax jackets are getting in on the act ...

Pablo Picasso knew how to make a woman happy: In the autumn of 1951, months after he had begun an on-and-off affair with author Geneviève Laporte, 25 to his 70, he gave her a lithograph he had made.

Man has long had a soft spot for owls. We’ve been around these creatures an awfully long time and are held in thrall by a mysterious bird that’s seldom seen in daylight, yet is master of the night: ...

Every Tuesday we look into the Country Life architecture archives for a gem. This week it's Michael Hall's 2016 article on a once-popular domestic space that has now disappeared: the smoking room. In ...

1. Divide the A4-size paper into three by scoring it lightly. Cut up the kitchen-roll barrel into three parts, ensuring that one piece is slightly larger than the others. This will form the central ...